Your Dewey-Humboldt
Town LIBRARY NEWS!
2735 Corral St. in Humboldt • (928) 632-5049
YOUR library has some great activities planned for the month of
February. Enjoy our great book discussion, come for a fantastic
movie for grownups, participate in an informative IONS meeting, view
entertaining TV shows and movies, take our great computer classes,
learn in a story time for children, and fun for all in our game days for
kids! Our Thursday book sales are back too! While you are here,
use our computers, check out some of our informative books, and
find some fun movies! Find out what YOUR public library provides
for you!
The library’s Movies for Grownups is scheduled on the last
Tuesday of each month. We show a recently
released or a classic DVD movie on our 90” movie
screen, with a discussion to follow. The library is
showing A Walk in the Woods on Tuesday, February
23: 6:00 – 8:00pm. This movie, based on the Bill
Bryson bestselling book, stars Robert Redford,
Nick Nolte, and Emma Thompson about old friends
who decide to hike the 2,200 mile Appalachian
Trail. Please register for this fun movie in advance
by calling 928-632-5049. Refreshments will be
served.
The Dewey-Humboldt IONS group will meet on Tuesday, February
2: 10:30am – 12:30pm. For February, the group will discuss the topic
“What Role Does Consciousness Play in Health and Healing”. To aid
in this discussion, the group will examine two books, Consciousness
& Healing by Marilyn Schlitz PhD and Tina Amorok and Awakening
the Energy Body from Shamanism to Bioenergetics by Kenneth
Smith. The group is encouraging participants to bring similar books
or ideas on this topic and share their insights. IONS meetings are
open to everyone with all viewpoints. Visitors are welcome!
The library is having Afternoon Story Time with Ms. Maizie
for children on Tuesday, February 23: 1:00-1:45pm. Geared
for preschool and Kindergarten age kids, this fun activity will help
children in reading and learning concepts. We have a winter theme
books planned for the little ones this month! Parents must stay with
their children during this fun event.
Call the library, 928-632-5049, for more information.
The library will offer Windows Desktop, a two-part class, which will
help participants learn how to use the Microsoft Windows desktop
interface plus help in learning how to organize files on the computer.
The class will be offered on Wednesdays, February 17 (part 1) and 24
(part 2): 10:30am – 12:30pm. Signup is required. Call 928-632-5049
or stop in to register.
Afternoon Games, for ages 7 and up, will be held on Wednesdays:
2:30 - 4:00 pm. Kids can come down to play board games including
Battleship, Connect 4, Chess, Checkers, Candy Land, Sorry!,
Monopoly Jr., Scrabble, Dominoes, Parcheesi, Clue, and more! Also,
we’ll have the Wii out to play on the library’s huge 90” movie screen.
Come and play Super Mario Bros., Wii Sports Resort, Mario Karts,
Just Dance 3, Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games, Mario
Sports Mix, and more! Bring your Wii games to the library to play
against others!
Every Thursday: 1:00 – 5:00 pm, the
Friends of the Library are having a
continuing “featured” Book Sale,
downstairs in the JW Mitchell Room
at the library. Each Thursday, a new
selection of gift-quality books will be
on display for purchase. Most hardback books are $1.00 or more.
Most paperback books are $0.25 or higher (Romance and Western
paperbacks are only $0.10 each!) with the larger “Trade” paperbacks
starting at $0.50 per book. DVD movies, audio books, and coffee
table style books are priced at $2.00 or more. We have books for kids
and teens! All prices are as marked. Come back each Thursday to
find new items to add to your personal library collection!
Your library is located at 2735 Corral St. in Humboldt near the entrance
to the Humboldt Elementary School and next to the Dewey-Humboldt
Activity Center. Contact us by phone at (928) 632-5049. Also, don’t
forget that you can visit the library’s website to find out the dates and
times for all the library’s activities and to search for and place holds
on library items at: http://yavapailibrary.org/dhl.htm.
The library’s regular hours are: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, &
Fridays: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (closed for lunch Noon – 12:30
p.m.), Thursdays: 12:30 – 7:00 p.m., and Saturdays: 10:00 a.m.
– 2:00 p.m.
Fans of Cultdom meets on Saturday afternoons, from 1:00 –
3:30pm. Join us as we enjoy movies and TV shows from a variety of
different genres including science fiction, action, suspense, mystery,
horror, and comedy. For February, we will be watching the brand new
2016 episodes of The X-Files. Refreshments will be served.
The library’s Book Discussion Group will have its monthly
meeting on Tuesday, February 9: 9:30 – 10:45am. The group
is reading, Montana 1948, by Larry Watson. This story centers
on an investigation by Sheriff Wesley Hayden of the death of
a Native American woman, Marie Little Soldier, in the small
community of Bentrock, Montana. The sheriff is faced with the
difficulty of keeping family loyalties and serving justice during the
investigations. The library has copies of the book available for
checkout. Come in to the library to pick up a copy of the book,
and then come for the discussion. We will have refreshments.
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